Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTrump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stakewww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down111
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up144arrow-down1·21 days agoSo… Members of the government are seizing private companies for themselves? Isn’t that why we can’t have universal healthcare or free education? Because the slippery slope would lead to the government seizing private property? Why are we skipping the good parts?
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoCivil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoOh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.
So…
Members of the government are seizing private companies for themselves?
Isn’t that why we can’t have universal healthcare or free education?
Because the slippery slope would lead to the government seizing private property?
Why are we skipping the good parts?
Civil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
Oh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.